First Serious Project - Clearing 1.5 Acres

[YOTI]

We also installed 5 of these Hydrants that are live all the time for spot watering and washing vegitables as they are harvested.

Mr. Bonham, I know the Lord will bless you for this project and following His leading. I thank you for the example you have set.

One suggestion for the hydrants, from experience. I would sink a treated 4x4 beside them and strap clamp the hydrants to the posts. They have a much better chance of surviving a collision whether it be the tractor or wheelbarrow. Even an impact small enough to slightly move the hydrant will in some cases be enough to crack a pvc fitting and since they are live lines end up in a leak. A big enough impact would mean gyser time! Another idea might be a cut off upstream of the hydrants in case of a break, that way you would only loose the hydrants and not the whole system if you had to shut it down for repairs.

Thanks again for your efforts and Blessings on ya, Craig

 

[Jim57]

Well, I have purchased two new pieces of equipment. I purchased a 4 ft Disc Harrow 16 inch. After plowing I went over ir with the disc and it looked like I went through it with a tiller.






And a Howse Ridger 18". That Ridger sure takes the hill or bedding work from the Old Hoe & Back.

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I will send some actual pictures tomorrow possibly with the ridger in action. This should help the potato crop and watermelon crop not to mention the cantaloupe crop. I think I will use it with my corn as well.

Let me know what you think.

Jim

 

[Jim57]

Here are the pictures of the actual equipment including my new 5 ft Bush Hog.

This Ridger is a big help in saving time.

Jim

 

[Jim57]

Here are a couple of pictures of the irrigation system at work in the lower area where we just have planted corn and Kennebec Potatoes.

 

[Jim57]

Here's a picture of the first ridges made and where I planted Pumpkins. We'll see how they make in this new ridge system with the New Ridger.

 

[Jim57]

Here's a picture of part of the garden with irrigation system complete and you can see that the lower part is freshly worked. That is where we planted corn and potatoes. It's a bit late but I think our growing season will support the late planting. We were late planting because of the irrigation system installation. Being 9 to 12 inches behind in rainfall here, we are going to need this irrigation system even more.

 

[Jim57]

Here is a shot from about the center of the bottom area toward the top.

 

[Jim57]

I don't know if you can tell by the picture but the hill (Ridge) made by the ridger is set as about 24 inches at the top of the ridge and about 36 at the bottom. The ridge is approximately 12 to 14 inches tall. All very soft dirt and should allow the potatoes to grow really well.

Let me know what you think. I hope this will allow us to produce more potatoes this year. We have 800 ft at 16" apart in potatoes (Kennebec)

Jim

 

[VA Rebel]

lookin good

 

[VA Rebel]

where did you get your new implements? your operation has really grown.